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M. HABIF CONTAINER April 24, 1945.

Filed May 5, 1945 F w E mam M H mm. A U mm WITNESS Patented Apr. 24,1945 UNITED STATES PATENT yOFF-IGE CONTAINER Maurice Ha'bif, Habana,Cuba Application May 5, 1943, Serial No. 485,708 (01.206-44) a 2 Claims.

Thisinvention relates to improvements in containers, and moreparticularly to a container'designed for use in connection with perfumebottles and various other small articles. i

The principal object of the invention is to provide an improvedcontainer or box which is so constructed that when the cover or lidthereof is opened, one end of the'article contained therein will beraised from the bottomof the container to a position where it may bereadily grasped by the user.

Other objects of the invention as well as the novel construction,combination and arrangement of the parts will appear from a perusal ofthe following description when read in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a closed containerembodyin'g theinvention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the boxof Fig. 1 showing a perfume bottle contained therein; Fig. 3 is a, viewsimilar to Fig. 2 but showing the lid of the box in opened position andFig. 4 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawing, the reference character A designates the bottom of thebox or container which is provided along its front and side edges withwalls B, C and D. The rear of the container is left open, there being nowall along the rear edge of the bottom A connecting the rear ends of theside walls C and D. In the embodiment illustrated, the height of thewalls B, C and D are about one-half the height of the box on the outerside thereof.

The cover or lid of the box or container includes a top panel or wall Ehaving connected to its front and side edges, a front wall F and sidewalls G and H. The walls F, G and H, which are about one-half the heightof the box on the outer side thereof are constructed to seat on thewalls B, C and D, respectively, when the container is closed, as isshown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. The cover is also provided with arear wall I which is connected at its ends to the rear ends of sidewalls G and H and which is of sufficient height to depend down into andto close the space at the rear of the container between the rear ends ofthe side walls C and D when the lid of the container is closed as isshown in Figs, 1 and 2 of the drawing. The cover or lid is pivotallyconnected to the container'by hinge pins J, J which project inwardly inopposed relation from the upper portions of the rear ends of the sidewalls C and D and extend into the side edges of the depending portion ofrear wall I at points which permit of the ready opening and closing ofthe lid and 'yetenable themajor part'of the depending portion of rearwall I to move about suchpins aspivot points. Intermediate'the'loweredges of the side walls'G,I-I and the hinge'or' pivot pins J,-J 'theside edgesof the rear wall-I is provided with recesses K, Kto'facilitatetheopening and closing of the lid. i

Within the container is=aperfume bottleiL having a length only slightlyle'ss thanvthe-distance between the interior surfaces of wallsi B, Iwhen the lid is closed and 'a'thickness only slightly less thantheinterior'heightof. the boxsin its closed condition. The width oftheibottle isonly slightly less than the distance between the interiorsurfaces of the side walls. The stopper M of the bottle is provided witha smooth beveled surface N which inclines upwardly from the base of thestopper head and coacts with the lower edge of the rear wall to raiseand to lower the upper end of the bottle. 7

From the foregoing it will be understood that when the perfume bottle Lis in the container and the cover is closed, the rear wall I of thecover is in vertical position with the depending portion thereofintermediate the rear ends of the container walls C, D so that thecontainer is fully closed. In this condition of the container, thedepending portion of rear wall I also serves to strengthen and to bracethe side walls C, D. When the cover is opened, the depending portion 'ofrear wall I moves inwardly and upwardly about the hinge pins J, J aspivots into engagement with the inclined surface N of the bottle stopperM. As the cover continues its opening movement the camming action of thelower edge of wall I on surface N first causes the bottle to I beshifted into engagement with wall B if it is not already there, and thenraises the stopper end .of the bottle above the upper edges of walls 0and D as is shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. During'this opening movementthe lower edge of wall I first moves down on surface N until wall I hasreached an approximately horizontal position and then moves upwardly onsuch surface to the position shown in Fig. 3 with respect to suchsurface. When the cover'is fully opened the lower engaging edge of wallI will be raised above the walls C and D and the rear ends of the loweredges of walls G and H will engage the rear edges of walls 0 and D belowthe pivot pins J J (see Fig. 3), thereby preventing any further openingmovement of the cover. In this position of the parts, the cover willremain open without any assistance due principally to the fact that thedepending portion of the Wall I from the pivot pins J, J and the portionof the bottle from its line of engagement with the lower edge of wall Ito its line of engagement with Wall E become in efiect a locked togglearrangement which cannot be broken even by exerting a relatively largeforce down on the bottle. In this position of the parts also, the bottleL may be readily grasped for removal from the box. When the bottle isreplaced after use, so that the surface N thereof engages the loweredgeof wall I, the bottle when released will automatically assume itscorrect position in the container where it will be in engagement withboth such edge and the wall B. The box can then be readily closed bypivoting the cover about pins J, J, the bottle during such movementbeing lowered gently into the box and under entire control through thecam-like coaction of wall I and surface N.

It will be seen that the present invention provides a simple,inexpensive construction which is very effective for the purposes forwhich it was designed. It willbe apparent also that certain changes inthe specific construction described and shown may be made within thespirit of the invention and without departing from the'scope of theappended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination of a container having a bottom, a front wall and sidewalls, the back of said container beingentirely open, a cover hinged tothe rear ends of said side walls and having a rear wall projecting downbelow the pivotal axis of said cover to a point just short of the bottomof said container in the closed condition of the cover and serving as arear wall for the container in such condition of the cover, a bottleprovided with a closure in said container, said closure having a surfacearranged to be slidably engaged by said rear wall as the cover is openedand configured to cause said rear wall, during its sliding engagementtherewith, to raise such surface and consequently to raise the portionof the bottle on which it is provided.

2. The combination of a container having an opening in one side, amovable cover hinged to said container, said cover having a downwardlyprojecting, straight, rear wall portion closing said opening andpositioned out of supporting engagement with an article in the containerwhen the cover is closed, said cover portion being movable inwardly andupwardly of said container when the cover is openeul an article in saidcontainer having a dimension in the direction between said projectingportion and the opposite wall of the container, less than the distancebetween such parts When the cover is closed and greater than thedistance between such parts when the cover is opened ,and said articlehaving a surface arranged to be slidably engaged by said projectingportion as the cover is opened and configured to cause said dependingportion during its sliding engagement therewith, to raise such surfaceand consequently to raise the portion of the article on which it isprovided.

MAURICE HABIF.

